[PD] RME Digi96-8

[vanDongen/Gilcher]

Iain Mott said at Ò[PD] RME Digi96-8Ó.
[2002/05/09 22:32]

> hi
> 
> i'm considering investing in a RME Digi96-8 card along with an 
> AEB8-O card for output. Have scanned through the Pd archive for info - 
> but i'm still a uncertain about its workability.
> 
> Has anyone used this card on Linux with Pd and if so, what drivers, audio 
> configurations(OSS, ALSA), kernels etc work?
> 

I am using a digi98-8 with a fostex ADAT-analog converter. Works well with 
pd and ALSA 0.9.
It needs the 0.9 ALSA version. There is supposed to be an OSS commercial 
driver, but I never got it to work.
The card knows only two "fragment" settings. This is a hardware thing I 
think, so the latency is best for 8 channels.

It can be a bit sensitive about IRQ settings, I had to shuffle my PCI cards 
before getting it to work all the time. Also when switching to ADAT mode, 
which is a seperate device for ALSA, I have to start pd, quit, and start pd 
again, to enable full-duplex. 8 channel output always works the first time. 
It gives an input error on the first try at the new device.
I have never used the AEB8 board, but it should work without problems.
I can mail you my modules.conf for ALSA and my pd flags if you need them.

regards

Gerard van Dongen